Reading my electric meter with RTLSDR

Post by ArchOversight » Wed, Jul 10, 2024, 4:54 PM UTC

quickthrowman wrote: post #7

ArchOversight wrote: post #2

My old house had a meter that could be read by rtlamr but the new one has a newer meter that sends encrypted data back over some proprietary mesh network, and no longer provides that data in cleartext. I wish there was an open standard and one I could easily plug in to. Even just a flashing LED on the side of the meter would work for me.

You can add your own submeter after the utility meter, if you want to monitor your power usage. It’s more expensive than utilizing the utility meter, but sometimes you don’t have a choice. Here’s a leviton kit with a 120/240v 200a meter and two CTs: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-Series-1000-Single-Phase... Equipped with both isolated pulse output and RS-485 serial port (modbus native) standard for easy interfac…

Post by ArchOversight » Wed, Jul 10, 2024, 7:38 PM UTC

quickthrowman wrote: post #12

ArchOversight wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe the description is wrong. There is no RS-485 serial port on these devices, at least not what I can find in the manual/wiring diagrams. There's just the isolated pulse output.

The RS485 terminals aren’t labeled on some of the cutsheets as not all models have it, here’s a quick start sheet that shows the terminals: https://leviton.com/content/dam/leviton/lighting-controls/co...